Shirt cuff



April 8 192%.

y J. c. EUBANK SHIRT CUFF Filed Sept. 25 1922 Patented Apr. S, i924,

JUDSN C. ELBANK, 0F CHICAGO, LLINOIS.

SHIRT CUF?.

Application led September 215, 1922.

To @ZZ whom may concer/n:

Be it known that l, Jonsonr C. Eli-shun, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Shirt Cuff, of which the following is a spccilication.

My invention relates to improvements in inens outer shirts and, more particularly, to shirt cuffs of the soft7 or French type.

rlhe object of my invention is to furnish an endless detachable cuff of soft material which can, when one or more edges are soiled, be conveniently reversed, folded, adjusted or turned so as to expose a fresh, clean edge for use.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, Will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction With the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as describing the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which Iny endless cud is niade.

Figure 2 is a perspective View showing the cuff in use, attached to the Wristband of the shirt sleeve; and

Figure 3 shows the cuff attached to the Wristband and the parts laid open.

Referring to Figure 1, which shows the blank from which the cuff is made, it Will be seen that the blank is rectangular and its ends 9 and 9a are sewed, woven or otherwisV put together so as to make the blank a continuous or endless piece of material.

'lhe blank is preferably inade of two or more plies of material put together by rows of stitching lO and ll, along the edges of each side of the blank. l

Button holes l, 2, 8, 1-, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are then cut and seWed into the blank nea-r the open sides thereof. rlfhese button holes are spaced an equal distance apart and the button holes on one side of the cuff blank are placed exactly opposite the button holes on the other side of the blank, so that When the cuff is folded in use the button holes on one side will register with those on the other side and be fastened together with a button cud' link.

rlhe ends 9 and 9a of the cud blank are Serial No. 590,263.

2 and 8.

The cuff, being open at both sides, may be turned inside out and, When folded along the same dotted lines, will cause the saine button holes to register With each other in the same manner.

In Figure 2 the cuff is shown attached to the VWristlinindfor use and folded along the lines A and C, the fold along the line A presenting a surface or portion of the cuff for use. When the cuff becomes soiled or Worn along the line A, the cuff is removed frorn the Wristband of the shirt sleeve and the position of the folded portion along line A is shifted to the place of line C near the Wristband and the folded portion along line C is presented for use in the place of A..

When both A and C have beconre soiled or Worn the cuff is then folded along the lines B and D and the positions ofpB and D are transposed as in the ease of A and C.

When the cuff is folded along the lines A. and C it is readily apparent that the Wea-rer of the cuff has the advantage of two clear. portions of the cuff which may eas Y.. and conveniently transposed upon the Wristband of the shirt sleeve. Two more clean portions of the cuff are similarly brought into use by folding the cuff along the lines B and l). Thus it will be seen that the outside surface of my endless cuff has four separate and distinct port-ions Which may be quickly and conveniently brought into use, one after another asV portions thereof become soiled or Worn.

lWhen the four portions of the outside surface of the cuff become soiled or Worn the culi may then be turned inside out and four additional clean portions are presented for use in the manner heretofore described.

ln Figure 3 the cuff is folded. along the lines A and C, causing button holes l and 3 to register With each other and also button holes Q Aand 4. rlhis folding of the cuff gg y 1,489,936

also causes but-ton holes 5 and 7 to register with each other and also button holes 6 and S.' Button holes 5 and 7 are placed into registry with button hole l2 in the wristband of the shirt sleeve, and button holes 6 and 8 are placed into registry with button hole 13 in the Wristband, and the culi' is attached to the wristband of the shirt sleeve by means of a button or cuit link inserted through button holes 5, 7, 6 and S in the cuff and 12 and 13 in the wristband. The cuff is fastened together around the wrist by means of a button or cuiflink inserted through button holes l, 3, 2 and 4l in the cuff. lVhen the portion A is transposed to portions C the buttonholes 1, 3, 2 and 4t take the place of buttonholes 7, 6 and 8 and vise versa. `When the Cuff is folded along the lines B and D the cuff is attached to the Wristband by using buttonholes l, 7, 2 and 8 and the cuff is fastened together around the wrist by using buttonholes 3, 5 and #l and 6. lVhen the portion B is transposed to portion D, the buttonholes, l, 7, 2 and 8 take the place of buttonholes 3, 5, 4L and 6 and vice versa.

When the cuff is turned inside out, it is apparent that the buttonholes are used in the saine positions and in exactly the same manner as above described.

My endless, detachable cuff is simple in design and construction and affords the wearer eight sepa-rate and distinct portions of the cuff which may be easily and conveniently brought into use one after another as needed.

llVhen the wearer ofmy euif has his coat off t-he cuff presents a neat, dressy appearance and when a coat is worn, the cui is indentically the same in appearance as any ordinary folded soft cuff, regardless of which one of the eight cuff portions protrudes from the coat sleeve. My cuff is easily attached to, or detached from the Wristband of the shirt sleeve.

It will be obvious that modifications may be made. in the details of my cuff without changing the scope of the invention, and

that the cuff may be made with or without a lining and of one ply or more of material.

Although l have shown the preferred construction of my cuff using eight buttonholes in each cuff l am aware that the cuff may be made with a lesser or greater number of buttonholes, which will proportionhaving four button holes equally spaced along each lateral margin thereof.

2. As a new article of manufacture an endless detachable cuff of two or more plies of material, thesides of said endless cuff being open, so that the cuff may be turned inside out for the purposeof doubling the number of clean portions or wearing edges of the cuff, and at least four button holes equally spaced around the circumference of each of the open sides of said cuff, so that the cuff may be folded transversely halfway between any two button holes to cause said two button holes to register with each other and also with the two bottonholes on the opposite side of the cuff, said buttonholes being adapted to register with the buttonholes in the Wristband ofV a. shirt sleeve, whereby the sides of the cuff may be drawn together and attached to the Wristband by means of a button or link.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a detachable soft cuff for shirts made in the form of a tube and provided adjacent each of its lateral margins with four buttonholes, the buttonholes at both margins being similarly positioned, so that when the cuff is folded, the buttonholes at one margin may be brought into registration with the correpending buttonholes at the other margins.

In testimony whereof l have signed the v foregoing specification.

JUDSON C. EUBANK. 

